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   Delta Air Lines has resumed the longest route in its network, also one of the   
   longest scheduled services in the world. As of this week, the airline is   
   flying again between its home base Atlanta and Johannesburg, South Africa.   
       
   With a distance of 13,581 kilometers, Atlanta-Johannesburg was in eleventh   
   place of longest routes pre-corona. But because many ultra-longhaul flights   
   have still not been resumed due to travel restrictions, these Delta flights   
   are now temporarily in the top five.   
       
   The absolute number 1 remains the Singapore Airlines scheduled service between   
   Singapore and New York JFK, with a distance of 15,349 kilometers.   
       
   Delta now flies three times a week between Atlanta and Johannesburg. They will   
   use an Airbus A350-900 with room for 306 passengers on the route. That   
   aircraft is considerably more economical than the Boeing 777-200LR that was   
   used on the route pre-corona (and has now been phased out).   
       
   On its maiden flight, in the night from Sunday to Monday, it took the A350   
   just under 16 hours to cover the distance between Atlanta and Johannesburg.   
      
   --- DB4 - Jul 07 2021   
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